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Geoff-Allen

Geoff-Allen

Resident megalomaniac
If I had my life to live over, I'd dare to make more mistakes
next time. I'd relax, I would limber up. I would be sillier
than I have been this trip. I would take fewer things seriously.
I would take more chances. I would climb more mountains and swim more rivers. I would eat more ice cream and less beans.

I would perhaps have more actual troubles, but I'd have fewer imaginary ones.

You see, I'm one of those people who lived sensibly and sanely, hour after hour, day after day. Oh, I've had my moments, and if I had to do it over again, I'd have more of them. In fact, I'd try to have nothing else. Just moments, one after another, instead of living so many years ahead of each day. I've been one of those persons who never goes anywhere without a thermometer, a hot water bottle, a raincoat and a parachute. If I had to do it again, I would travel lighter than I have.

If I had my life to live over, I would start barefoot earlier
in the spring and stay that way later in the fall. I would go
to more dances. I would ride more merry-go-rounds. I would pick more daisies.

This passage is attributed to Nadine Stair,
who was 85, 87, or 89 when she wrote it, depending
on the source.
 
Geoff-Allen

Geoff-Allen

Resident megalomaniac
If I had my life to live over, I'd dare to make more mistakes
next time. I'd relax, I would limber up. I would be sillier
than I have been this trip. I would take fewer things seriously.
I would take more chances. I would climb more mountains and swim more rivers. I would eat more ice cream and less beans.

I would perhaps have more actual troubles, but I'd have fewer imaginary ones.

You see, I'm one of those people who lived sensibly and sanely, hour after hour, day after day. Oh, I've had my moments, and if I had to do it over again, I'd have more of them. In fact, I'd try to have nothing else. Just moments, one after another, instead of living so many years ahead of each day. I've been one of those persons who never goes anywhere without a thermometer, a hot water bottle, a raincoat and a parachute. If I had to do it again, I would travel lighter than I have.

If I had my life to live over, I would start barefoot earlier
in the spring and stay that way later in the fall. I would go
to more dances. I would ride more merry-go-rounds. I would pick more daisies.

This passage is attributed to Nadine Stair,
who was 85, 87, or 89 when she wrote it, depending
on the source.
 
Geoff-Allen

Geoff-Allen

Resident megalomaniac
"I move through my day-to-day life with a sense of appreciation and gratitude that comes from knowing how fortunate I truly am and how unearned all that I am thankful for really is. To have this perspective in my everyday consciousness is in itself a gift, for it leads to feeling “graced,” or blessed, each time. Every time I see beauty around me I appreciate what I am seeing, and simultaneously I have this sense of appreciation—for being alive to have this particular moment."

~ Jean Shinoda Bol
 
Geoff-Allen

Geoff-Allen

Resident megalomaniac
"Gentleness is a way of life, showing our love in how we interact with people and things. Like any way of life, gentleness has to be practiced for us to become more gentle. If we want to become more gentle, we must take active steps, that is (1) choosing to be more gentle, (2) keeping this resolution in mind, (3) acting in gentleness, and (4) catching ourselves when we are not gentle so that we can be more aware of our gentleness or lack of gentleness in the future."

~ Thomas Stobie
 
JakofHearts

JakofHearts

2 Tim 1.7
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Geoff-Allen

Geoff-Allen

Resident megalomaniac
"Everyone talks about freedom. All around the world different people, different races, different countries are fighting for freedom. But what is freedom? In America we speak of living in a free country. But are we really free? Are we free to be who we really are? The answer is no, we are not free. True freedom has to do with the human spirit - it is freedom to be who we really are. Who stops us from being free? We blame the government, we blame the weather, we blame our parents, we blame religion, we blame God. Who really stops us from being free? We stop ourselves."

~ Don Miguel Ruiz
 
Geoff-Allen

Geoff-Allen

Resident megalomaniac
Fear is the main source of superstition, and one of the main sources of cruelty. To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom."

~ Bertrand Russell
 
Geoff-Allen

Geoff-Allen

Resident megalomaniac
"The wisdom in the story of the most educated and powerful person is often not greater than the wisdom in the story of a child, and the life of a child can teach us as much as the life of a sage."

~ Rachel Naomi Remen
 
Geoff-Allen

Geoff-Allen

Resident megalomaniac
"The Internet is so big, so powerful and so pointless that for some people it is a complete substitute for life."

~ Andrew Brown
 
Geoff-Allen

Geoff-Allen

Resident megalomaniac
"Cherish your visions; cherish your ideals; cherish the music that stirs in your heart, the beauty that forms in your mind, the loveliness that drapes your purest thoughts, for out of them will grow delightful conditions, all heavenly environment; of these if you but remain true to them, your world will at last be built."

~ James Allen

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Geoff-Allen

Geoff-Allen

Resident megalomaniac
Expressing gratitude ignites the light within us and is a sure
path to joy. Gratitude is one of the highest vibrations of
energy we can create, it's free, and anyone can give it. It
can be as simple as being thankful for soup, being thankful
one can see, walk, wiggle a finger, or tap to a beat. One
can be grateful for happy children, good neighbors, good luck,
and simply being alive. Part of the journey toward joy
involves not waiting around for trouble, but being
continuously aware of our blessings.

~ Charlotte Davis Kasl
 
Geoff-Allen

Geoff-Allen

Resident megalomaniac
"Christmas is the season for kindling the fire of hospitality in the hall, the genial flame of charity in the heart."

~ Washington Irving
 
Geoff-Allen

Geoff-Allen

Resident megalomaniac
"Nirvana or lasting enlightenment or true spiritual growth can be achieved only through persistent exercise of real love."

~ M. Scott Peck
 
Geoff-Allen

Geoff-Allen

Resident megalomaniac
At Christmas

A man is at his finest towards the finish of the year;
He is almost what he should be when the Christmas season's here;
there's thinking more of others than he's thought the months before,
and the laughter of his children is a joy worth toiling for.

He is less a selfish creature than at any other time;
When the Christmas spirit rules him he comes close to the sublime...

~ Edgar Guest
 
Geoff-Allen

Geoff-Allen

Resident megalomaniac
"I believe that the first test of a truly great person is one's humility. I do not mean by humility, doubt of one's own powers. But really great people have a curious feeling that the greatness is not in them but through them. And they see something divine in every other person."

~ John Ruskin
 
Geoff-Allen

Geoff-Allen

Resident megalomaniac
"Christmas! The very word brings joy to our hearts. No matter how we may dread the rush, the long Christmas lists for gifts and cards to be bought and given - when Christmas Day comes there is still the same warm feeling we had as children, the same warmth that enfolds our hearts and our homes."

~ Joan Winmill
 
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